MPH faculty member finds traditional healers contribute to HIV care delays
A recent survey of symptomatic HIV-positive people in rural Mozambique, led by Carolyn Audet, Ph.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of Health Policy, found that individuals who initially consulted traditional healers had a 2.4 times longer delay between the onset of symptoms and diagnosis of HIV than those who did not consult healers. The study appears in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.